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Mazhar Ali, 41, died on Christmas Eve after a stabbing at the popular Linthorpe Road restaurant.

The court was told on Tuesday that Mr Ali delivered chicken to the Middlesbrough restaurant, and was business partner with his friend and one of its owners, Rafiq Ali, in the Manjaros restaurant in Leeds.

Rafiq Ali rushed Mazhar Ali, who lived in Stockton, to James Cook University Hospital where he later died.

The incident came the day after CCTV footage captured Mazhar Ali assaulting Siddig in the restaurant - punching, kicking and headbutting him - after a disagreement about a chicken delivery, the jury heard.